The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

[49dimes]

Looks GOOD! You going to add some light ply strips to the exposed area for blind nuts or individual pieces for each blind nut?

 

[Jetpainter]

Well it can apart it was not that easy had to do some prying and sliding a small 6 inch steel ruler in between but it came apart and looks pretty good. I will definitely do this again instead of trying to work with a one piece cowl.

That's the fun part isn't it, if your idea of fun is wondering if you just ruined many hours of work.

It looks nice, I'm glad I did it on my Hangar 9 Extra. It's amazing how good a job a razor saw does it on. I was able to cut mine without any paint damage at all. I did use a brand new Zona saw to make life easier.

 

[Jetpainter]

Looks GOOD! You going to add some light ply strips to the exposed area for blind nuts or individual pieces for each blind nut?

I used separate small squares on mine I was going to make round ones, but decided squares were fine.

 

[Snoopy1]

Looks GOOD! You going to add some light ply strips to the exposed area for blind nuts or individual pieces for each blind nut?

That is my project for tomorrow will let you see when it is done.

 

[Snoopy1]

That's the fun part isn't it, if your idea of fun is wondering if you just ruined many hours of work.

It looks nice, I'm glad I did it on my Hangar 9 Extra. It's amazing how good a job a razor saw does it on. I was able to cut mine without any paint damage at all. I did use a brand new Zona saw to make life easier.

The cutting was not that bad it went better than I thought it would and it was one thing that I was the most anxious about. And with all the stickers on the sides and paint it came out pretty good will not have to fix anything just paint the bottom.

 

[Snoopy1]

Looks GOOD! You going to add some light ply strips to the exposed area for blind nuts or individual pieces for each blind nut?

Making 10 stripes off 1 1/4 lg by 3/8 wide light plywood with blind nuts will epoxy them in five a side.

 

[BalsaDust]

That's the fun part isn't it, if your idea of fun is wondering if you just ruined many hours of work.

It looks nice, I'm glad I did it on my Hangar 9 Extra. It's amazing how good a job a razor saw does it on. I was able to cut mine without any paint damage at all. I did use a brand new Zona saw to make life easier.

Zona saw for the win. Picked one up about two years ago to replace the little red handled one. Never again will I not have a zona brand one in my shop. Worth every penny.

 

[Snoopy1]

Ok the cowl is on and fits nicely. Got the holes drilled and been able to keep the gap to a minimum. Now I can start to cut the holes for the exhaust and maybe some clearance holes for the spark plug caps. Will see how that all goes then work on the air ducts to the engine.

 

[49dimes]

Your Cowl "Party" (pun intended) was most excellent .

I'm fixing to have a hinge and horn "Get Together" myself .

 

[Snoopy1]

Your Cowl "Party" (pun intended) was most excellent .

I'm fixing to have a hinge and horn "Get Together" myself .

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The only thing I see missing is the roll of masking tape.